NAME: CHARLES BENSON PITTS, AGE 65, OF MOORE AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1932 IN ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO CARL DENNIS AND IVA JANE (BROWN) PITTS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MOORE, OK. AGE: 65 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 1O DAYS MARRIED: MILDRED MARIE POWELL ON MAY 13, 1955 IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MR. PITTS WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHGATE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH IN MOORE, OK. HE ENJOYED WORKING AND WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND FISHERMAN. BENSON ENJOYED STUDYING THE BIBLE AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND GRANDCHILDREN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MILDRED PITTS OF THE HOME IN MOORE, OK. SON: RONALD KENT PITTS AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF MOORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: COLBY AND SHANNON PITTS OF MOORE, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: SUMMER WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MISTY MCCAULEY OF MOORE, OK. BROTHERS: JAMES JEROLD PITTS AND WIFE JANICE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CARL DAVID PITTS OF SWEET HOME, OR. SISTERS: BARBARA LOUISE VAN CAMP AND HUSBAND DON OF SILVER DALE, WA. ELVA JOANN GABBART AND HUSBAND ROWLAND OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CARL AND IVA JANE PITTS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHGATE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ~ MOORE, OK COMMITTAL SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. LYNN ICE. ASSISTING: BRO. JOHN SALES. CASKET BEARERS: (NEPHEWS) MIKE PITTS, LARRY PARTAIN, PHIL POWELL, DENNIS POWELL, SCOTT POWELL, LESS STEPHENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: COLBY PITTS, JEROLD PITTS, ALLEN DAVIS, BERT NOAK, ROWLAND GABBART, PRESTON SIMS.

NAME: ONA RUTH BURDEN, AGE 43, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LEHIGH, OK. BORN: MARCH 22, 1955 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO HILLARY AND MARIE EMILY (MUNCY) BURDEN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE IN LEHIGH, OK. AGE: 43 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 18 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT LEHIGH AND GRADUATED IN 1974 FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. SURVIVED BY SISTER: LOIS DECAMP AND HUSBAND FRED OF MOORE, OK. AUNT: HAZEL GENDIN AND HUSBAND ABRAHAM OF CHICAGO, IL. UNCLE: SAM MUNCY AND WIFE PATTY OF ANDERSON, IN. NIECE: DARLA SOWLES OF GRAND CANYON, AZ. NEPHEW: FRED DECAMP JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 8 COUSINS, INCLUDING STEVE AND TERESA GENDIN AND SON ROBERT WHO CARED FOR HER THE PAST 6 MONTHS OR SO IN THEIR HOME AT LEHIGH. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HILLARY AND MARIE BURDEN. GRANDPARENTS: W. C. AND HAZEL MUNCY.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COALGATE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DOUGLAS WEST. CASKETBEARERS: ROY SWEETEN, DENNIS CHASTAIN, DELBERT POWELL, FLOYD MAXEY, LARRY HENSLEY, EUGENE PICKENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LYNN CALVERT, JERRY PETERS, MILES JONES.